The Good Parts Polishes By Literary Lacquers

So these three polishes are from Literary Lacquers. She just released a collection based on erotic fiction. While I'm not big on erotica or, well... reading in general, I AM indeed a big fan of these polishes and their talented maker.Watch yourself, this post is very pic heavy.

First up is My Secret Garden. Here's what Amy, the artisan responsible for Literary Lacquers, has to say about the polish:

"Glitter topcoat of multicolored matte glitters with a hefty dose of sparkle. This polish is inspired by My Secret Garden by Nancy Friday, published in 1973. This groundbreaking feminist book collected the sexual fantasies of women in a time when women were considered not to do such things. This book, as well as being fabulously sexy, is worth a read just to really understand where women were sexually in the culture as the sexual revolution was changing everything."

This dazzling little cutie is choc full of lavender, goldenrod, cobalt, pink, and grass matte glitters with a touch or sparkle. Here I have it over pastel skittles. The pastels are, as per my usual, by Lime Crime. Sidenote: I cannot freaking get enough of the Lime Crime pastels. They are my go-to polish. They're some of the only polishes that I can wear without glitter on top. Heehee they're that nice!!

And perfect for the fast-approaching Easter!

Well here it is: My Secret Garden.

Then I had a crazy idea... LETS MATTIFY THIS.

So nice. I needta start matting everything.

Next is More Like Fire Than Light. 

"Orange linear holographic - I get full coverage in 2 coats, this is brighter on the nail than in the bottle. This polish is inspired by Delta of Venus by Anais Nin, written in the 1940's and published after the author's death in 1977. The short stories in this collection were commissioned by a mysterious man known only as "The Collector" "

This polish is a lovely hologrpahic polish. As good as a Jade, but maybe even better because you're supporting a made-in-the-USA small business. On the nail this was a little too "autumn" for the beautiful sunshine I have going on right now. Here it is:

 And so I threw some bright yellow under there to cheer it up a bit. Yellow base under middle and pinky. 3 coats on the bare nails, 2 coats over yellow.

Did you guys miss my outdoor sunshine pics? Because I REALLY REALLY did.

One last one! And it's really pretty. It's called Woman of Pleasure.

"Periwinkle crelly with navy, lavender, matte pink glitters and magenta circle glitter. I get full converage in two coats. This polish was inspired by Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure written by Jon Cleland in 1748 (!!) when it was promptly banned for over 200 years."

This is my first crelly glitter. I haven't really been too excited about this type of polishin the past but hey, throw some circle glitter in and I'm down! Here it is, shown by itself and over Lime Crime's Once in a Blue Mousse. Middle and ring fingers have the Lime Crime base and 2 coats of WOP, the others have 3 coats of WOP.

Brilliant!

And mattified:

 I like it.

Bottom line, these polishes are great. I love them. Go buy them!

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Serum No 5's Peachy Keen

 Something different in this post: A shimmer! You won't see me wearing a lot of shimmer. I just... Yeah I don't know. Bleh. But!! This one. MMMM! It's so sexy and pretty!! And simple and effortless and just yummy! All it took was a gold/peachy beige shimmer, gold glitter in a couple sizes, and howdy-doo, look at that. Am I making any sense? No? ... Really?

 Awesome formula, as to be expected from Serum No 5. This brand just can't mess up. If you haven't tried out their stuff, you gotta do it. Click on the "serum no 5" tag to see other reviews I've done for them.

A macro?! Yes. A macro.

Overall Grade:

A

I have zero complaints, and endless raves!

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Candy Lacquer's Candy Crush

Today I have a dose of color for you in the form of Candy Lacquer's Candy Crush! This one is a mix of different colors of matte shreds. Basically: confetti! This polish, expecially when paired with these undies, (Lime Crime's Parfait Day) looks like a party, plain and simple. And, with no fishing, easy application, and fast dry time, it pretty much IS a party!! Recently I decided to collect Candy Lacquers because they're just so effortlessly perfect. This one is no exception! Without further ado, the star of the show!

 You're not mistaken, yes that is a dog hair!

Overall Grade:

A!

While I wouldn't wear this as an everyday look, I love how easy it was to look so festive!

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Glitzology's Diamonds and Pearls

The second polish in a series of mine featuring Glitzology polishes. This is another one that came in and was gloopy, but Glitzology replaced it. This one is pretty much just like the name says. Diamonds- holographic silver diamond (rhombus) shaped glitter, and Pearls: pearly shimmer throughout. The shimmer sort of threw off my camera which resulted in a blur. This polish was easier to apply than My Viking Boyfriend. In person, this comes off more pearl-white than silver. I also noticed a slight pink shimmer. The shimmer in this polish is (I think) too opaque to use over another polish, thus making this another standalone glitter polish from Glitzology. No fishing necessary, as the polish is ridden with glitter. 3 coats, 2 coats of Sehce Vite. Topcoat is going to be required in order to get this polish to feel smooth. As always, let me know what you think in the comments!

 

Overall Grade: 

B

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Lime Crime's Parfait Day

Another in my series of Lime Crime polish reviews. Here is Parfait Day. Personally I'd like the name more if it was "Parfait-a-Day". Haha. Doesn't that sound like the way to live? Parfait Day is a lovely, perfect pastel bubblegum pink. I can already tell that this polish is going near the top of my "Top 10 favorite polishes of all time" list. It's seriously and honestly flawless. If you love pastels, if you love unicorns, if you love pink, if you love femininity, this is the polish for you. Here are the pics! Lightbox messed with the colors terribly, but I tried to edit to make them truer to life.

 The cuticles weep. This is them after moisturizing. -shudders-

Also, I've been working on nail shape a little. Can you tell? I'm going for ovals.

Posing with my favorite perfume. Versace Bright Crystal.

Overall Grade:

A

Another win for Lime Crime, another flawless polish.

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Lime Crime's Once In A Blue Mousse

So sorry for not posting much lately. Winter-like temperatures and manual labor at work are seriously ravishing my nails and cuticles. I break or tear at least one nail a day. That's kinda inconvenient when my blog revolves around taking pics of my hands. I've also been in a bit of an emotional dip, and I haven't felt like doing much. Plus the stress of having to do reviews makes it so i want to do them even less. I know that doesn't make sense logically, but if I'm supposed to something, I'm less likely to do it. I don't know why. I'm really stubborn, or some shit. But they will all get done eventually, even if it takes me 100 years. I have my blogger polishes lined up in order or my receiving them, so I will complete the reviews in the same order. I have contacted as many makers as I could to let the know the situation, and they were all very sweet and understanding. I'm not trying to make excuses, I'm just letting you all know that I've clearly slowed down my reviewing habits. And it really doesn't help that the sun doesn't come out anymore. So outdoor photos just look hum-drum. I built my lightbox and even found lamps that work for it. But of course it turns my photos all yellow now. Ugh. So while I work out my issues, there are sure to be some not-so-exquisite photographs. But hopefully you all can look past my ugly cuticles, my infrequent posting, and my terrible lighting and just appreciate the polish for what it is. Thanks in advance for your understanding! Without further ado, here is today's review.

It's Once In A Blue Mousse by Lime Crime. A perfect Tiffany blue with an amazing, nearly one-coat formula. Lime Crime is really acing the pastels here. I'd go as far as to say topcoat isn't needed for gloss, but I did use Seche Vite in these pics because I'm terribly impatient. Dry time on the polish was great but I'm far too lazy to wait even for that. Here are the pics!

 My cuticles are crying.

The perfect pretty blue. Thoughts? 

Let me know what you think in the comments.

Overall Grade:

A

 The oh-so pretty shade and flawless, fast drying formula makes this polish a no-brainer A.

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Lime Crime's Peaches And Cream

My favorite makeup company, Lime Crime, recently came out with their own line of nail polish. How could I say no?!? The ladies that run this brand are simply amazing. I like to think that kinda like me back, too! I have a poster of their in my room, a mini eyeshadow primer, a standard size eye primer, 5 of these new polishes, an eyeshadow palette, and 2 lipsticks! Everything I have from them rocks, so I didn't expect anything different from their polish. How right I was!! Here's my favorite of the five, Peaches <3 Cream. I'm not sure how you would say that out loud. Peaches Heart Cream? Peaches Love Cream? Peaches And Cream? I don't know. I don't care. All I care about it how flawless this polish is. A beautiful cantaloup/circus peanut shade.

 The adorable packaging. I'm far too swayed by brilliant package design. Drippy white and lavender, green on the inside of the box. Foggy semi-matte frosted bottle with the signature unicorn logo on the bottle!

  This color seriously brightens up my gloomy winter.

Stunning! What do you think?

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Epic Fall Duo by Feenix Polish

How perfect is this duo for fall? It's Feenix Polish's Twigs, with Falling For You (also by Feenix) as a topper. There's a little bit extra at the tips for added interest. I know what you're thinking... "What tips?"... You guys are jerks. I'm really trying to grow them out! I swear! Gosh. :)

Twigs (base color) was a flawless polish, not too thin, not too thick. Easily buildable. I used 3 coats. Ring finger is 1 coat of China Glaze Agro as color comparison. One coat of Seche Vite. Twigs is lighter, more delicate, and has sparks of micro glitter, where Agro is just a shimmer. Had a bit of trouble with my lightbox an blurines. I trust you to get past that, however. Also, small cuticle injury on my middle finger. I hate winter dryness!

 Twigs is way more sparkly and flattering.

 Remember, ring finger is ChG Agro.

 Love these tiny pumpkins. I'm keeping this one til it rots. :)

One of our giant Maple's. I should censor this naked tree!

And now on to Falling For You. Haha, how appropriate:

 Glad I don't have to clean these all up myself!

This polish was a little on the thick side, but it helps to hold the glitter. I don't know where I'd be without Seche Vite, though. Probably still waiting for these to dry! I really globbed it on there thick. he perfect shades for fall! This is where the blurry lightbox syndrome come in. Ugh.

The yummy  duo. What do you think?

Overall Grade:

Twigs-

B+

Falling For You-

B-  

 

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